AGRICULTURAL RELIEF

Mr. KINCHELOE. You come as the representativ ia-
tion which thinks it is necessary, in ordor to bring prcshon: 2 to tho
other branches of agriculture, to levy an equalization fee, and you are
very much in favor of them doing that. But vou do not think it
will be necessary to put any fee on dairy Det and therefore
your association is willing to get the benefit of the equalization fee
paid by the farmers to raise the other products?

3 vp SExAUER. That is the only place there needs to be an equaliza-
ion fee.

Mr. KincHELOE. I would not blame you then, for being for this bill
if it does not cost your organization a cent. You would never pay
an equalization fee, but the other fellow who happens to raise cotton
tobacco, corn, and wheat will have to pay it, and therefore hold up
his end and the result is yours is held up and costs you nothing.

Mr. WiLLiams. 1 understand the position of the dairy business is
that the dairy business was so thoroughly organized that it is able
to take care of itself. But their support of this bill is based on their
desire to see other branches of agriculture made profitable so they
will not quit raising wheat, corn, hogs, and other products and go
into the dairy business in competition with your industry?

Mr. SExaver. Right.

Mr. KincHELOE. But you are ready for the farmers to pay an
equalization fee on the other products to pay their losses and there-
fore by reason of their doing it it upholds the dairy business; that
does not cost your members anything and, consequently, you are
very much for this legislation.

Mr. Apkins. Do you yield for a question there?

Mr. SExAUER. Yes.

Mr. Apkins. I understand there is not any commodity here clamor-
ing for a bill that is not on an exporting basis?

Mr. SExauer. That is my idea.

Mr. Apkins. Those who are not are getting the benefit of the
tariff?

Mr. SExAUER. Right.

Mr. Apkins. Then, another thing, it is a fact conceded by every
man who has made a study of cooperation—and it has been demon-
strated all over the world—that the dairy business is the easiest
business to operate cooperatively of any commodity we have. Now,
then, you men realize the fact in my own district, for instance, where
men do not like to milk cows and would rather raise grain and sell it
or raise it and feed it to cattle and hogs and sell them than anything
else, are buying cows as fast as they can in order to get some cash
crop so they can get by. They believe that this scheme will help
them because they are on an export basis and the world market is
their market, and they are here asking for this remedial legislation so
that they can take hold of this matter, carry the burden themselves
and I believe they can raise the general price level. I can see the
interest that you have in it and I have been talking to you men about
it; that is, we are compelled to do something we did not want to do;
that in time necessarily we will have the dairy business where the
grain business is, and that you men have an interest in the matter
both from a selfish standpoint as well as helping the general farm
industry in coming here and advocating this.

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